Civolution and Gracenote have announced an expanded long-term agreement by jointly launching and selling Mediahedge, the next generation audio and video content identification platform that enables content filtering, monitoring and monetisation for content owners and service providers. The Mediahedge platform combines Civolution’s video fingerprinting and Gracenote's audio fingerprinting identification technologies with extended content registration and […]

Widevine, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, has revealed that Funai Electric, manufacturer of consumer electronics sold in the US under the brands Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson, will incorporate Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on their Internet connected devices. With Widevine’s video optimisation and DRM platform, telecom, cable, satellite and […]